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November 7, 2009 is a date like November 4, 2008, a date I will always remember. After what seems like an eternity of debate, but has really only been about half a century of the health care reform being brought to the table; after angry Town Hall mobs and the Tea Party Express shouting out their hatred of more government control; after lies told by Republicans to keep the madness of the opposition going and finally a bi-partisan vote of ONE Republican and 219 Democrats voting “yea” on the legislation, the health care/insurance reform act was finally passed on the House floor last night.

While some are saying it was a narrow margin of votes, I say the vote was won with two votes to spare which for me means the cup was not half full but the cup runs over the rim. Republicans, true to their form, refused to take part in what they claim, is a bill that neither meets the objectives of a “reform” nor serves the needs of the public, in addition to being way too costly for the government.

Still citing a complete government takeover of the health care system and sticking to their irrational lies, Republicans were not happy with the outcome of the vote. Like spoiled children used to getting their way, they criticized the vote and those responsible for voting yea but their words held little meaning since the gavel had been dropped, ending the mundane debate they had dragged out for longer than necessary.

Although there were 39 Democrats that did not vote positively for this bill, my hope is that the proof of the public’s favoritism for this legislation will be demonstrated in the 2010 election, by replacing the dead weight presently in Congress and definitely not re-electing these childish Senators who have shown they will stoop to any level to get what they want rather than working for the best interest of their constituency.

Principle is a standard of moral or ethical decision-making and while Republicans as well as the 39 Democrats that voted against this legislation may convince themselves that it was principles that kept them from voting for the legislation, they have indeed confused the terms self and selfless as this vote was not a vote for self interest but a vote for selfless interest.

I congratulate those brave and compassionate Senators who stood their ground and voted positively for this legislation, especially the one rational Republican from Louisiana who crossed party lines and became part of a constructive “history in the making” for the American public; those who were not intimidated by the insurance companies.

In the final hour Republicans were still attempting to push a bill that served no real purpose directed at the main objectives to what health care reform should have included. According to congressional budget analysts the Republican bill would not have aided in closing the ranks of the uninsured and only vaguely reduced costs for those who presently have insurance. This is a strong indication that Republicans are out of sync with reality having no real clue as to what “reform” truly meant in this instance.

I applaud those who saw the need to get to the core of the health care crisis rather than slapping a band aide on the problem and hoping it would heal itself in an effort to keep the money rolling into their own pockets; those who selflessly pursued what was best for the people; those who took a chance at change.

And that’s the way I see it!!!

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With all the debate swirling around the “public option” in the health care reform sometimes I wonder if this is being used to cover up something more sinister than giving the public an option.

Yesterday, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced a public option, which would allow states to “opt out” if this option was not something their state would need. My first thoughts on this “opt out” feature, was that states with a large population of minorities, lead by Republicans, could suffer the consequences of no public option.

Yet, on another level, this could bring into play accountability and influence political votes by the people. According to the “polls” there is a high percentage of the American public that is for the public option. If Governor’s refuse/opt out of the public option and the overwhelming percent of the public, in that state, prefers the public option this could affect re-election of the Governor making those who lead the state more accountable.

This is a tricky trigger because obviously the insurance industry has money which has fueled the opposition to the public option in the first place. Money wins elections especially when it is “freely” given and it is obvious, as well, that politicians will accept money when offered with no moral compass involved.

Secondly, I wondered if the public option, opt out, was final, that is, if a state chose to opt out, could they, at a later date choose to engage the public option under different leadership? Still another question is if a state preferred to choose a plan of co-ops would the same rules of “pre-existing” medical conditions hinder people from joining these co-ops.

The public option, with the “opt out” clause is shaky at best, however the important question is will it prove to be a legitimate way to include the controversial public option into the health care/insurance reform on the table? Already, the lone Republican who was on board, Senator Olympia Snowe, sates her disappointment in the inclusion of the public option.

As far as my limited knowledge but common sense tells me, the public option is the only option, I have seen on the table that has the potential to reduce insurance costs and add competition to the insurance industry, something most will agree is a necessary component of any health care/insurance reform legislation.

Some are suggesting calling the “public option” by another name and both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz have indeed come up with different names for the policy as a means to alleviate opposition. Pelosi suggested “the consumer option” where Representative Schultz has suggested “competitive option” as the name for the legislation.

Called by whatever name, the intent and the function would still be the same so what’s the point? I say it is time for Americans to stop allowing politicians and big business to tell us what is right for us, in a manner that hides the fact that it is more right as well as profitable for them, something that has been proven time and time again.

I say it is time to stop debating the public option and begin debating the means to make this option workable since one basis for rejection seems to be the poorly run government system of Medicaid/Medicare that is now used by millions today.

The debate, regarding the public option, as well as a number of other provisions, are expected to be under way for weeks to come even after the debates that have been going on for years regarding health care/insurance reform.

What the outcome of these pretentious debates will be is anyone’s guess. Though we are closer than we have ever been in making a decision on this important issue, the saying “close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades” seems to be relevant here.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!!

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How many terrorist plots are brewing here in America and when will the time come that one slips below the radar and is hatched before our very eyes leaving hundreds dead and millions living in the aftermath of destruction, both emotional and physical. More importantly is our involvement in the Middle East helping or hurting our chances at peace in our own lands. Is our involvement in the Middle East truly preventing the violence of terrorism?

While Obama may have promised bi-partisanship on the floor of Congress, which was and is truly his hope, he failed to realize he had no real control over people and their idiosyncrasies. As he puts his best foot forward to accomplish all he needs to accomplish, in the hearts and minds of those around him it is business as usual, which involves, to a large degree, political games.

Having not been able to pass a health care/insurance reform through the brick walls of Congress, allowing him to move on to other crisis issues with a clear mind and with the political games played by both Democrats and Republicans, he is now being criticized for his thoughtful hesitation for not acting on McChrystal’s request for more troops.

A house divided can not stand, a house divided falls short of its goals and a house divided is the United States of America. How this house can be in favor of sending youngsters off to die without hesitation but be so totally against something as basic as health care, both costing the United States billions of dollars but one being more of a choice while the other being a necessity for the stability of our financial future, I will never comprehend.

It is obvious that fighting the war in Afghanistan is creating more problems than it is solving, both financially as well as adding a new divide amongst the people of the United States. Logically speaking if we do not have enough money to finance health care for the people of the United States how do we have money to support the war in Afghanistan, donate money for reconstruction and to support a counterinsurgency in Pakistan.

While people are using the fact that the health care reform is too costly, so too are the wars we are knee deep in. While people use the excuse that the war is necessary to stop violence on our soil, there have been two plots to wreak havoc on American soil in two months.

The most recent was a “home grown” terrorist by the name of Tarek Mehanna who grew up in an upscale Boston suburb and had plotted to kill shoppers in U.S. malls and kill U.S. troops in Iraq, an area the United States is holding up as the poster child for a military surge in Afghanistan even though the violence has not really stopped in Iraq.

The thought process of the American public, as well as those in charge of protecting and serving the American public worries me. As far as I can see, Obama is the only one that is showing a true concern for the American people in all he attempts to do yet with every step he attempts to make there are those who are placing concrete slabs on his ankles in an attempt to hold him back at a time in the history of America where decisive action is not only necessary but not without grave consequences if left unattended.

Recognizing the need for decisive action has not limited the games that are being played and I am left wondering how, supposedly, grown rational people can be so childish as I ask myself why these obvious games are being played.

I am left wondering how long this absurd, pretentious, ego driven, money hungry health care debate will go on. I am left wondering will mankind ever be capable of living in the world in peace and harmony as my senses tell me that we are moving in a dangerous direction with no one willing to stop the madness.

I say violence begets violence and as we live in subtle fear of not knowing when the next terrorist attack will occur, it should be teaching us that lesson and that the war in Afghanistan does nothing to prevent a terrorist attack here in America.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Essentials of Abnormal Psychology (with CD-ROM)

Geez as hard as I try, I can not seem to stay away from the news. I get angry at the extent of the hate I see. I get angry at the irrational comments made by those who are supposed to be in office working for the good of the people. I get angry at the media and the way they lead into certain stories (with bias and intent) but like a drug, lately I can not ignore the news.

My recent anger is going out to Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican from Minnesota. His irrational comments at the Mackinac Island, Michigan Republican Leadership Conference left me shaking my head in disgust.

Pawlenty, playing ugly Republican politics stated “President Obama said in his joint session of Congress he’s going to call people out, so we want to call him out back and say ‘Quit bankrupting the country. Stop spending money we don’t have. Stop taxing us into oblivion and the next time you speak to the young people apologize and explain to them why you are leaving them such a huge debt to pay off.’”

While those may not be his exact words they are close enough to get the intent. Now I’m not for sure but I would be willing to bet that he is one of those same Republicans that are so concerned about the national debt when it comes to health care/insurance reform but are anxious to continue the war in Afghanistan. A war that has been going on for eight years – with no end in sight; a war that is taking more American lives monthly; a war that is “deteriorating” swiftly.

While health care/insurance reform is for the betterment of “we the people,” Republicans and their arrogant attitudes want to continue the war in a country which has home court advantage, which is winning the battle, which has an exhaustive supply of warriors and who refuses to give up the battle, costing the American people billions of dollars and spiking up the national debt.

So we send our kids off to fight, forever changing their lives and who they are, spend extreme amounts of money in a war that goes on and on and on like the ever ready bunny, troops come back home, no jobs available and no medical coverage to support their mental and physical wounds but you fight tooth and nail to prevent health coverage for the people you are supposed to be looking out for.

I don’t understand the thought process of those people who are for the war but against health care/insurance reform based on cost. I don’t understand the righteous indignation regarding too much government involvement after where big business has taken us. I don’t understand the concept/rant that government is becoming too involved in medical care but let’s expand Medicare/Medicaid to cover more people.

I don’t understand the lies, the hate, the twisting of words to make the same thing seem like a different thing. I don’t understand Republicans or Democrats that are dressing things up to seem like something other than what they are to make themselves seem smarter or make it seem like their idea is better when basically they are the same ideas with different packaging and the debt is going to continue to grow either way.

See this is why I hate to watch the news these days. Nobody is making sense, hate is strong and arrogance is obvious. Rational thought does not exist only egotistical political games are relevant and I feel this is going to be the tone of any debate as long as Obama is President. Those who are against the President will always be against him regardless to what he says or does.

People wanted change but the changes are being irrationally criticized. With the world view of Obama in office being very positive, Americans sit back and criticize every move he makes. The other day on the Cafferty Report, Cafferty asked is it better for the American President to be feared or liked. This comment was a direct put down because the view from some Americans is that Obama is showing weakness in his international dealings.

I say fear does not gain respect. I say fear involves a bully mentality. I say while people may fear you, they are not respecting you and though the people you get to fear you may walk the line, you can not control what they think or feel and you better believe that in the long run they are thinking of ways to get back at you because of the fear you instill in them.

I say slavery should have shown you that but lessons not learned are situations that you will continue to experience. I say eight years of Afghanistan and six years of Iraq should be showing you how true this is but you can not see past your arrogance and your need to win even when losing is smacking you in the face. I say only ignorant people and fools do not learn from experience – which one of those categories do Americans fit into.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Beloved Enemy/Shadowed Memories (Battles of Destiny, Vol. 2)

Is money the root of all evil or does evil naturally reside in the heart of mankind. As I view the Bernie Madoff’s of the world in the form of Insurance Companies, Banks, Mortgage Lenders, Car Manufactures and all those who took part in the material greed that eventually brought us to our knees financially, as well as witnessing how money seems to be the key element in the discussions on health care/insurance reform, I began to recognize how material gain has been such a motivating negativity throughout history.

Senator Baucus, best know for the new insurance reform legislation he has brought to the table in recent days, has essentially outlined a better way for insurance companies to continue on their road of making more money off “we the people” by making health care insurance mandatory for every individual.

While in theory, this idea is a good idea, technically, by making insurance “mandatory” is this not more government control over your individual lives, something the protesters seem to be totally against. Also, because of his affiliations with the health care industry, his motivations have to stand in question.

Is this proposal Baucus has submitted guided by the fact that over recent years, Baucus has received over $4 million dollars from the health care/insurance fields? How can you trust his proposals based on this large amount of money he has received from the very people the health care/insurance reform is attempting to pull in the reins on?

While he is promoting co-ops, how effective would co-ops be on a large scale and how would these co-ops react to a person who has a pre-determined illness of any type? He is also promoting the expansion of Medicare/Medicaid to be more inclusive to a larger portion of society. Medicare is run by the government, thus making government involved more with your medical coverage – is this a play on words/concepts, or am I the one that is confused.

Power, greed, material gains, land ownership, control seem to be what motivates people to act out in uncaring, egotistical, in the moment ways that always seems to lead to madness on one level or another.

Corrupt governments, in other countries, which keep most of its people living way under the poverty level while government officials are “living large” in plush, comfortable surroundings all indicate that money and power have a tendency to corrupt a man’s soul but I say that man’s soul is corrupt and he sees more power in the money.

Recently, I have been avoiding politics in my personal life. I had begun to feel dirty as though I was actually rolling in the mud with the “pigs” that run this country. I had begun to feel angry at the sight of the protesters’ signs and the talk of racism that still has the capacity to, literally, turn my stomach with the extent of the denials and the irrational acts of racially conscious Americans.

Instead I have been taking the journey into the future with Nostradamus, his predictions of 2012 and scientist who are full of scenarios of what the end could be like. Secretly, I am beginning to hope that it will be as bad as the predictions have outlined for out of the tragedies predicted, maybe, just maybe mankind will become aware that united we have so much more to gain than divided. Something serious needs to shake up mankind to make him see the errors of his ways because those ways are becoming more and more destructive.

It seems that in horrific times, people seem ready to stand besides each other, regardless of race, religion, or anything else that has a tendency to divide, and work for the common good, but only until the crisis is over.

How long does a crisis have to last before people recognize the true meaning of life on earth? Truth be told, as I look around the world as it is today, I see a crisis that is ready to explode and bring the predictions of Nostradamus, the Mayan Indians and Revelations to our doorsteps – how will you respond? How will you survive when money is not the ultimate goal but true survival is all that matters?

Some have predicted a spiritual awakening based on the line up of the planets in 2012. If your God were to meet you face to face and look you squarely in the eyes, would he/she be able to witness a soul that has been true to the concepts of peace, love, forgiveness or would they see the ugliness that has been corrupting your very being and the deeds you have committed tainted by this ugliness in you soul.

While no one really knows the soul of another, what that person thinks or truly feels, your actions, in any given situation, tells a great deal about who you are on the inside. While you may be able to deny with your lips what you really feel, your actions are the road map to your heart – you better recognize before it’s too late.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Fatal Flaw

While former President Carter may have hit the nail squarely on the head, most people are denying his words like they have been denying racism even exists in the forms manifested on a daily basis.

You lie, if you think racism has no bearing on the current debates on health care. You lie if you believe racism is a “fringe” element of the demonstrations. You lie if you feel that this behavior will not persist regarding any issue Obama brings to the table.

You lie to the American public when you discount racism as a key element in the dissention regarding Obama being president but more importantly, you give those responsible for the racist attitudes reason to deny this attitude to themselves.

It is one thing to disagree with a person’s point of view however, the comments being made, the signs being carried during protests such as the Tea Parties, the chants all are symbolic of the underlying racial message – to deny this is to deny racism exists in America and to deny racism exist and is the cause of the dissention regarding the health care/insurance reform is a lie.

Denial will not make the issue of racism disappear it will however encourage the growth of the attitude cloaking it in “other reasons” without rooting it out in honesty. Some have said it does no good to bring racism into the conversation of health care reform, that it takes away from the legitimacy of the health care/insurance reform debate however it is because of racism that the debate has intensified into the irrational conversation it has become.

Although we may be in agreement that racism does exist in America, when it comes to the manifestations of racism there is no agreement and it would seem that the only racism that does exist in today’s America is the “racism” that exists in reverse discrimination because when it comes to things blacks perceive to be racism then it is all in our minds.

Racism does not, according to the news media and their panels of “experts,” exist in racial profiling. Racism does not exist in the work environment; racism does not exist on the police force or in educations, housing, acquiring credit or in simple daily living.

Racism is irrational and that irrationality is carrying over into the discussions of health care/insurance reform, with lies and fear being motivated by racially charged comments made by main stream media people like Limbaugh and Beck. Racism is personal thereby the attacks on Obama have become personal because they are motivated not by his policy but because of who he is – an African American.

When you close your eyes to truth it has a tendency to resurface stronger than before because truth always rises to the surface as has the true racial climate that has been just below the surface here in America. While many say they welcome a debate on racism in America whenever the conversation comes up it is plagued by denials and therefore never truly discussed or examined.

While there are bigger issues to tackle, such as the war in Afghanistan, health care/insurance reform, education and the economy among other things, the race issue will continue to force a wedge between effective problem solving regarding these issues because race is an issue that has never been effectively dealt with here in America.

Unless this debate on racism is dealt with head on, the consequences will be more dissention, more “disagreement,” harsher words more personal attacks and more lies. I admire former President Carter for denouncing the actions of those who are insisting on making this presidency an undercover campaign for racism and hate. I admire him for speaking what I consider to be a truth that has been denied for too long.

Consequently, the attack on Acorn has even demonstrated a level of racism and stereotyping that is offensive to me. The pimp and the prostitute are symbolic of what white America has always considered a prime occupation of blacks in America.

Although Acorn may have some problems, they did not bring down the American economy. Acorn is neither taking taxpayers’ money to “restore” their business and pay out large bonuses to their “top achievers,” nor are they the first Americans to have offered up ways to beat the IRS.

This attack on Acorn is a direct attack on the “legitimacy” of the President of the United States of America with the allegations of voter fraud looming and President Obama’s minor affiliation with Acorn making him guilty by association.

You people need to get a grip and face some serious truths that have nothing to do with Acorn but instead with the hate you hold in your heart and the belief, as former President Carter has said in a nicer way, that an African American is not capable or worthy enough to head this nation – which is a lie!!

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

As I was reading some of the comments left on Yahoo News regarding Serena Williams’ meltdown, I realized just how some whites refuse to allow blacks the freedom of just being “people” they will always be blacks, animals even to some.

One comment stated “another case of an angry black person thinking they are owed something.” Another comment called her “ghetto girl” and still another made the comment “you can take the monkey out of the jungle but you can’t take the jungle out of the monkey.”

The flood gates of racism have opened wide for Americans on a rampage against blacks. It does not matter what blacks do in this land of equal opportunity, to a large portion of white Americans they will always be less than human, “jungle bunnies” or in the minds of those stuck in the past “niggers.”

I have seen white ball players in the faces of referees cursing, arguing, violent and angry because a foul was called on them but let a black person express attitude and immediately the color of that athlete becomes the issue. Yet whites are so quick to make statements to the affect that it is blacks who keep the color biases alive and well.

My question becomes what the hell is wrong with white America. On any and every level possible you show just how ignorant and racist you are. While no one, besides Congressman Charles Rangel has been outspoken enough to call this opposition on health care/insurance reform what it really is, racism, I have known almost since Obama has been in office that the real cause for all of the rudeness, name calling, protests, is simply because Obama is black – it is simply motivated by hate and racism.

While Obama may have won the election, a large portion of his votes undoubtedly came from minorities and young whites who have a better handle on reality because they have been exposed to blacks more than their parents or grand parents. What I see when I scan the crowds at the “Tea Parties” and the Town Hall meetings is a sea of white faces.

A sea of white faces angry at the way things turned out in the election; a sea of white faces who are running scared at the prospect of having to give up the privilege they have enjoyed for too long and no way does that sea of faces represent the true political makeup of America at this juncture.

The real reason the health care reform is causing so much dissention is because white Americans truly feel this legislation is nothing more than reparations for “past” sins and to allow for this to pass would be like admitting guilt. Those who are against this legislation will continue to be against the legislation because it is not about the legislation it is more about race.

Never mind that this legislation has been discussed many times over the last 50 years, never mind that everyone agrees that it needs to be reformed, never mind that if it is not taken care of soon it will create a financial burden that can take America to a new level of financial ruin, the real battle is the battle against “black America” and that is the only battle that makes any sense to the irrational, hate filled masses of white America.

Racism is an irrational manifestation of the superiority racist whites feel. That irrational state of mind propels racist to act out in irrational ways and to believe the lies that have been used to dissuade the gullible minds and confuse the issues regarding the health care legislation.

Even when the lies are unveiled, the irrational minds refuse to consider truth because truth would show how truly ridiculous they have been so they cling to the lies as justification for their outrage and continue on the path of ignorance and denial.

A prime example of the ignorance and disrespect was South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson’s rude behavior at the speech Obama gave on Wednesday night when he called out that Obama was a lie for saying this health care/insurance reform would not offer health care to illegal immigrants.

This rude comment comes in spite of the reality that illegal immigrants are currently receiving health care through emergency rooms and will continue to receive this type of care regardless of any bill being passed; this rude comment comes with no “punishment” and yet accountability is a word that is overused on the stage of politics today. “I’m sorry” does not take the words or the effects of the words away.

This rude comment comes out of the mouth of Representative Joe Wilson even with the knowledge that as a result of these visits to the emergency room, by illegal immigrants, medical costs are driven up; this, in spite of the reality that while the bill may not offer a means to distinguish between an illegal immigrant and a true citizen, immigrants will be taken care of one way or the other with or without this legislation.

White people need to give up the racism that is entrenched in the fiber of their very souls because they are showing their ignorance, to the world, in a very profound manner and while you are sending our troops out to fight wars in foreign lands, you need to clean up your own back yard in order to be perceived as a nation that practices what it preaches.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Just like the health care/insurance reform debate crisis, there are two sides to every story as details are released concerning the man who got his finger bitten off at a health care demonstration recently in California.

Though I laughed at this ridiculous display of intimidation, on another level I could not help but to side with the pro-reform guy. Anti-reform demonstrators, town hall participants have shown repeatedly just how out of control and disrespectful they can be.

While the Los Angeles Times has reported the incident as the pro-reform demonstrator walking away minus a finger, an eyewitness report (a link provided through the Los Angeles Times report under updates) from a pro-reform demonstrator has a different version of exactly what happened and leaves the anti-reform demonstrator with a bully mentality, walking away minus a finger.

Either way, someone walked away from the demonstration, minus a finger and it is an excellent example of how rage, left unchecked, leads to uncontrolled violence and someone, ultimately, ends up hurt.

I have watched how these anti-reform protestors have shown so much disrespect for anyone who does not think as they think, by means of much yelling, finger pointing, rudeness and down right ugliness, as they attempt to dissuade people from getting on board with the health care reform.

Repeating the lies they have been told even after the lies have been shown for what they are. I have seen them screaming and finger pointing in others’ faces. I have even witnessed one man grab a woman’s poster and rip it up yet the woman whose poster he tore up was escorted out of the town hall.

I’m sorry, after reading the eyewitnesses’ report, somewhere deep inside, I felt a momentary feeling of triumph for the man who bit the finger off. Although I immediately felt bad for feeling this way, I have been disturbed by the shear irrational rage and total disrespect I have seen displayed by the mob mentality of the anti-reform protestors.

What I have found to be even more disturbing was, that these people where allowed to act out, without being checked, and ultimately being supported as demonstrating their fundamental right of “freedom of speech.” More than that even was the assumption portrayed by news media that these people represented the views of most “Americans” in this “debate” over health care reform.

Violence begets violence or so the saying goes, in war so it is in life and the longer this rage simmers, the stronger the boil becomes until someone gets hurt beyond a bitten off finger.

As two unlikely Republican partners, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senator John McCain, hit the road with an itinerary of three events in two days to spout the message of a “slow approach to health care reform” nothing seems to dissuade those against health care reform and the tensions remain, ready to boil over into violence.

While Obama, in an effort to salvage his idea of health care reform, schedules a State of the Union style message next Wednesday, speculation mounts as to whether “public option” is in or out and whether the hope for bi-partisanship has been given up on.

I have never seen a clearer picture of how easily people are manipulated in masses, nor seen the mob mentality being demonstrated in such irrational, extreme behaviors being demonstrated by so many.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

When a black person tells the truth about white American they are called race-baiters but it is the racist whites who repeatedly give blacks the words of truth to say. This word was used against Rep. Diane Watson as she spoke truth about things being said about Obama by people like Rush Limbaugh and as she spoke about medical coverage in Cuba.

As threats against the President’s life grow, supposedly over policy issues, anyone with any common sense would see that there is much more behind the threats than policy. Yesterday as I watched Rick Sanchez, I heard the harsh, un-Christian words of a pastor as he told his congregation that he would pray for Obama to die and go to hell.

This “pastor” said he would pray for Michelle to be a widow and their kids to be fatherless simply because he believes Obama to be for abortions. Ignorant comments from a “man of God” who is suppose to preach love and forgiveness. Abortions are a personal situation and you have no right to infringe on my rights, in any way, in America supposedly.

You have ignorant people threatening the late term abortion doctor with death or bodily harm in the name of pro-life; you have people threatening the life of the President of the United States of America; you have hate being so thick in the protesters of health care reform that it is visible and tangible enough to cut with a knife yet when a black person speaks out about the madness, they are race-baiters.

You have people showing up to town halls armed and ready to kill if provoked, and yes some were black as well; you have radio and news media willing to stir the pot of hatred and racism with ignorant comments made by people like Rush Limbaugh verbalizing his desire to see Obama fail and keeping the birthers issue alive as had Lou Dobbs.

You have people like Glenn Beck accusing Obama of being a racist, something I find offensive for I have been called that at this site but I would never stoop to the level of white America and become as they are, full of hatred and racism and simply sharing MY experiences or MY perspectives does not make me a racist.

It seems that’s the first thing a white racist says about a black person when a black person shares their individual experiences of living in America. The truth of the matter on that level is that from the start white America had no reason to hate blacks, but they did; white people had no reason to treat blacks as inhumane as they did, but they did; whites had no reason to discriminate, but they did and they do.

For these reasons whites feel blacks should hate them, that there is reason for blacks to hate whites and that is why they are so quick to call a black person a racist or a race-baiter because the guilt of their white forefathers and the guilt of their own racist views are eating them up inside and causing irrational thought processing just in order to justify the irrational, unjustified, hate they feel inside, to replace reality.

Yet you have a Republican gubernatorial hopeful willing to buy “Obama tags” to hunt and murder President Obama, at the Idaho state wolf hunt, as was the “joke” made by Rex Rammell; you have people like Rep. Lynn Jenkins a Republican from Kansas who commented in her speech that “Republicans are struggling right now to find the ‘great white hope’ a phrase that is associated with pre-civil rights era racism and boxing, to possibly lead the Republican party to victory in 2012.

As the “debate” and I use that word lightly, goes on regarding health care/insurance reform so too does the racial rhetoric become more intense as some states are attempting to initiate nullification, which allows individual states to nullify laws passed on the federal level, that states may feel do not serve their states, their people or in some way is “unconstitutional.”

Nullification is an act most recognized during slavery times as South Carolina originally protested tariffs but eventually tariffs, issues of slavery and territorial expansion all became intertwined in the case of nullification.

Calling Democratic Rep. Diane Watson a raise-baiter, a word created by racist white Americans demonstrates to me every time I hear the word the total lack of reality with which racists Americans view the race issue.

Even I have been called a race-baiter but the reality is, if it were not for people like Rush Limbaugh, Beck, KKK, white supremacist groups, militia groups, hate filled whites turning out in droves with signs depicting Obama as Hitler, birthers who are still attempting to press the issue of “citizenship” these truths spoken by blacks such as Diane Watson would not be part of the conversation.

Another reality is that Watson was simply making a comparison to health care in Cuba. Even in Russia all people have health care. In industrialized nations all over the world the people have health care but here in America the issue of covering all under health care is an issue that has become infected with the hatred, lies and brutality that has been just under the surface; that has been demonstrated time and again in the history of America.

Truth be told, if I were Obama and I could pass the health care reform with the least amount of votes, I would push it through on the strength of the very real possibility that I may not live long enough to continue the “debate” the way the racists are showing their hand.

I am disgusted at American truly, truly disgusted and you can dress it up anyway you want to, in your own mind, but what I see is hatred, fear, racism and ignorance being displayed more than anything regarding health care reform.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Being inundated with more information regarding the health care/insurance reform does not seem to be effective. To be “fair” news stations have a tendency to want to show both sides of the debate. For those who are against the reform, they will always choose the words of those who are against the reform. It’s not like minds will be changed or clarity will be achieved – so what’s the real point.

In an effort to “debunk” the myths surrounding the health care/insurance reform, CNN has, what they call, a “truth squad” which shows the accuracy of some of the lies that have been used to taint the concept of this legislation. Yet, the lies continue because people believe what they want to believe.

Those with the “conspiracy theory” mentality will cling to the words of those with like minds and those with like minds are the ones spreading the conspiracy theory because that works best for their agendas.

The Census Bureau had come out with a number for the uninsured in America. In “debunking” the theory that there are 47 million Americans without health care insurance the news media has eliminated illegal aliens as well as those who could afford insurance but do not have insurance and have come up with a drastically reduced number of uninsured.

However with the current rate of unemployment and the fact that illegal aliens are not denied medical care if they go to the emergency room, this does nothing to present clarity to the overall picture of health care costs or numbers of uninsured – again I have to ask, so what’s the point. Confusion in the name of clarity is in the end more confusion – so what’s the point.

In 2006, Governor Mitt Romney signed landmark legislation for the state of Massachusetts which mandates every citizen be covered by health care insurance or be penalized if they do not. Failure to buy health insurance will result in the loss of their state tax refund equal to 50 percent of an affordable health insurance premium. Penalties will be assessed for each month without creditable coverage.

Although, through this Massachusetts reform, there are affordable plans that can be bought on a pre-tax basis, assistance will be available for low-income individuals and employer contributions will be facilitated for both full-time and part-time workers, this mandate does not work towards alleviating the rising costs of health care insurance nor does it take into account the “costs” incurred by “illegal aliens.” One piece of a puzzle does not complete the picture as long as the other pieces are scatter about.

While Massachusetts may not have as many “illegal aliens” as say Texas or California this populations, which is in the millions, has a direct bearing on insurance premiums and costs associated with medical care in America.

To deny medical care to these people would be a gross miscarriage of morality, yet to include those immigrants in the reform would be like rewarding them for not adhering to the law, yet they are included in the overall costs associated with medical care.

As the health care debate continues, it adds nothing more than more confusion. The time for debate is over because through all of the debate, nothing has been accomplished, no “better understanding” has been arrived at, truth does not exist nevertheless everyone agrees that health care reform is crucial.

While people have a right to their “opinions” even when those opinions are based on falsehoods the question needs to be asked if these opinions, based on lies, should be a means to stall or prevent the passage of the legislation on the table.

The attempt has been made to erase the fears people are feeling yet the fears persist. The fears about the deficit we are making for our children and their children can be erased through a joint effort of we the people agreeing to pay our fair share of taxes since it was, in part, our fault for the current financial breakdown but instead we are refusing to do so which shows, to some degree, we all want something for nothing.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

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